July 22, 2000
DSL and Chocolate
Well, I finished one chapter last night. One left to write, and then the main part of the book is done. Yay me!
Other than that, it's been a fairly unproductive weekend so far. I did some housecleaning today, took a very very long nap, and baked some brownies which I can smell right now and it's driving me nuts. I may not wait until they cool off to eat one. Heh. You know, looking at the list of things I did, I think I was more productive than I realized. The thing is, I'd planned to write today, and obviously that didn't happen.
Oh yeah. And I got a new toy today too:
My DSL was installed today. Good lord. I downloaded an MP3 in less time that it would have taken to listen to the song. I downloaded a 35 MB movie in less than fifteen minutes (why yes, it was the X-Men trailer, you gotta problem with that?). I think there are a few setting issues I haven't worked out yet, but overall everything works fine. And yes, I'm geeky enough that I took a picture of my modem.
Of course, now that I've seen the trailer again, I'm seriously tempted to go see the movie for a third time. I shouldn't though, not this weekend. I still have too much writing to do. Maybe I'll go see it to celebrate finishing my first draft. That could work. I have a feeling everybody will be happy when I turn the darn thing in, just so I'll shut up about it. But no... then you'll get to hear all about the editing process! :-)
I'm thinking I may need to break down and buy some new tires this week. I'm going to Indiana on Saturday because James is starting a Vampire LARP -- that's Live Action Roleplaying, for the uninitiated. It should be fun, and may very well become a regular thing, if the drive doesn't end up killing me. LARP is... well, even more like acting than ordinary roleplaying. Instead of sitting around in somebody's living room playing your character and describing what they do, you actually get up and do it.
Of course, as a result I had to work on a character that I could physically play without stretching believability too far. No Jake or Marisol characters for this game. So I'll be playing a very artistically-minded vampire (Clan Toreador, if you know the game) who was born sometime around 1600. In her mortal lifetime and even after she became a vampire, she was an extremely sought-after model, modeling for the likes of Peter Paul Rubens (known for his paintings of 'full-figured' women, of course!) among others. She spent much of the intervening time unconscious, and has only been awake in the modern-day for a few years at most. She hasn't quite grasped just how much standards of beauty have changed, and sees herself as the same prima donna she always was. Of course, that level of confidence goes a long way towards making her more appealing to others, so she is alluring still. I'm really looking forward to playing her. Of course, I don't have quite a prima donna wardrobe, so I might have to get creative with my closet.
Ok. I can't stand it. I'm going to get a brownie.
Posted by Lisa at July 22, 2000 06:59 PM
